Change Manager Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Change Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Change Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 100 111
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 10 12 7
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.73% 0.76% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.83% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 4
10th Percentile £312 £459 £353
25th Percentile £405 - £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £581
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -13.98% +13.41%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £691
90th Percentile £655 £555 £696
South East median daily rate £600 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +20.00% +5.26% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.25 - -
Median hourly rate £59.50 £61.06 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £61.06 -
% change year-on-year +14.64% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,251 1,453 1,675
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 91.44% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 828 788 1,013
10th Percentile £311 £315 £213
25th Percentile £413 £412 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £619
90th Percentile £650 £688 £691
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £511
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.24% +2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 56 76
10th Percentile £14.75 £41.13 £20.10
25th Percentile £18.87 £55.84 £47.60
Median hourly rate £40.44 £61.28 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -34.01% -0.83% +49.99%
75th Percentile £81.00 £67.67 £72.08
90th Percentile £95.00 £100.00 £76.55
South East median hourly rate £24.10 £57.54 £52.00
% change year-on-year -58.11% +10.65% +38.67%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Change Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Change Manager job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Manager in Berkshire

Change Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

Change Manager
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Manager within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +18 4 £405 -19.00% 1
Bracknell -8 2 £550 +37.50% 1
Slough - 2 £544 -
Change Manager
South East

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, Change Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
5 1 (10.00%) Backlog Management
5 1 (10.00%) BC Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
5 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity Management
5 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
5 1 (10.00%) Capacity Management
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Digital Enablement
5 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (10.00%) ITIL
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel

Change Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) SAN
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
5 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
5 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity Management
5 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
5 1 (10.00%) Capacity Management
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) BC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Server+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft